Head of Programmatic Affiliate Growth (Remote)

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HighLevel is seeking an experienced Manager, Affiliate Programs to lead our programmatic affiliate team at scale. This role drives activation, engagement, and compliance across thousands of partners, and collaborates with multiple internal teams to deliver impactful programs and clean handoffs.

You will coach a diverse team across events, marketing, operations, and compliance, manage budgets and KPIs, and guide strategic initiatives in a fast-growing SaaS environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in affiliate, partner, channel, creator/influencer, community, or partner marketing programs, ideally in SaaS.
• 3+ years of direct people management experience leading a team across multiple functions.
• Experience owning program KPIs and budgets for thousands of affiliates.
• Experience with affiliate platforms and tools such as FirstPromoter or Tipalti.
• Knowledge of FTC endorsement guidelines and affiliate compliance.
• Experience planning large-scale in-person events or conferences.
• International partner markets experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary team spanning affiliate events and community, affiliate marketing and creative, program operations, and affiliate compliance, running weekly 1:1s, lane reviews, and performance conversations.
• Own the programmatic team's activation and engagement goals across the full affiliate base, including activation rate, engagement scores, initiative participation, and event and asset reach. Report weekly on wins, risks, and asks, and course-correct fast when a program is underperforming.
• Plan and run a year-round calendar of hosted affiliate events, activation activities, promos, campaigns, and more. Be able to analyze and improve all initiatives and provide insight to leadership.
• Oversee the affiliate asset library: swipe copy, creative, landing pages, and training content, making sure affiliates always have current, on-brand, and compliant materials to promote HighLevel.
• Own affiliate recognition programs, including awards, Commander experiences, and Summit moments, and represent HighLevel with affiliates in person.
• Lead the affiliate compliance function: enforce our Affiliate Program Policies and endorsement requirements, oversee content reviews and violation resolution, and handle sensitive compliance conversations with affiliates at your level whenever possible.
• Work cross-functionally with Business Development, Product Marketing, Events, Enablement, Legal, Finance, Accounts Payable, RevOps, and our internal teams to deliver programs and clean affiliate handoffs.

Skills

People leadership

Program management

Events management

Analytics

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field

Tools

FirstPromoter

Tipalti

Tableau

CRM systems

Job description

HighLevel is seeking an experienced Manager, Affiliate Programs to lead our programmatic affiliate team at scale. This role drives activation, engagement, and compliance across thousands of partners, and collaborates with multiple internal teams to deliver impactful programs and clean handoffs.

You will coach a diverse team across events, marketing, operations, and compliance, manage budgets and KPIs, and guide strategic initiatives in a fast-growing SaaS environment.